Aldous Huxleys lifelong concern with the dichotomy between passion and reason finds its fullest expression both thematically and formally in his masterpiece Point Counter Point. By presenting a vision of life in which diverse aspects of experience are observed simultaneously, Huxley characterizes the symptoms of the disease of the modern man in the manner of a composer–themes and characters are repeated, altered slightly, and played off one another in a tone that is at once critical and sympathetic.